No Good Deed/I, the Flock
Two short stories: No Good Deed, by Riley Johnston, read by Tara Lynne O鈥橬eill and I, the Flock by Mike McCormack, read by Stuart Graham.
NO GOOD DEED
Busy mum-of-two Trisha decides to try a dating app. However, as a chronic people pleaser, she struggles to say no - even to the most unusual requests. Read by Tara Lynne O鈥橬eill.
The Author
Riley Johnston was first published in 鈥楾he 32: An Anthology of Working-Class Voices鈥� (2021) Her novel 鈥楢 Holy Show鈥� was long-listed in the Discoveries prize (2021) and Irish Writers Centre, Novel Fair (2023). Riley鈥檚 short fiction has been published by Comma Press, and she was first runner up in the Mairt铆n Crawford Short Story Award with Calloused (2022).
Producer: Michael Shannon
I, THE FLOCK
A father tries to move on after the death of his son, an online activist. Read by Stuart Graham (The Fall).
The Author
Mike McCormack is an acclaimed Irish writer and past winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His novel 'Solar Bones' was awarded the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize, the Irish Book Award's Novel of the Year, and the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award. This Plague of Souls, his most recent novel, was published in 2023.
Producer: Michael Shannon.
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